Bryophyte-like Fossil （Parafunaria sinensis） from Early-Middle Cambrian Kaili Formation in Guizhou Province, China

作     者：YANGRui-Dong MAOJia-Rer ZHANGWei-Hua JIANGLi-Jun GAOHui 

作者机构：GuizhouUniversityofTechnologyGuiyang550003China 

出 版 物：《Acta Botanica Sinica》 (Acta Botanica Sinica（植物学报：英文版）)

年 卷 期：2004年第46卷第2期

页      面：180-185页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 070903[理学-古生物学与地层学(含：古人类学)] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 0901[农学-作物学] 0703[理学-化学] 0902[农学-园艺学] 

基　　金：国家自然科学基金 国家973计划 贵州省优秀青年科技人才培养计划 

主　　题：类似藓类植物 凯里组 中寒武世 贵州 化石 生物群 

摘      要：Abundant well-preserved animal and macroalgal fossils were discovered in the Early-MiddleCambrian Kaili Formation of Taijiang County, Guizhou Province, China, which constitute the Kaili Biota,named as one of the three important Burgess Shale-type faunas. The bryophyte-like fossil (Parafunariasinensis Yang gen. et sp. nov) was discovered in the horizon of occurrence of Macroalgal fossils. The fossilof P. sinensis possesses typical characters of bryophyte, such as whorled leaves, capsule and seta, andcomplex rhizoid or foot. We infer that the bryophyte-like fossil could be the ancestor of bryophyte. Thediscovery provides a new lead for further study on the origin and evolution of bryophyte or land plant.